Bruins wrap up trip to Western Canada with a stop in Edmonton

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Feb 27, 2011 1:21 PM EST in Game Previews

After grinding out a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, the Bruins are in Edmonton tonight to take on the Edmonton Oilers. The Bruins are undefeated so far on the road trip with wins over the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers are in last place in the Western Conference with just 48 points (20-34-8) and are one of the few teams out West that are essentially out of playoff contention.

Oilers Leading Scorers

	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Taylor Hall	21	19	40	-8	16

	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Dustin Penner	21	17	38	-13	45

Oilers Goaltending

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Nikolai Khabibulin	39	2218	10	26		123	3.33	1152	1029	.893	2

*Khabibulin is out with an Eye Infection

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Devan Dubnyk	24	1397	8	8		67	2.88	744	677	.910	1

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Martin Gerber	2	120	2	0		3	1.50	60	57	.950	0

Injury Report

Boston Bruins Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Andrew Ference	other-excused	02/27/2011

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Marc Savard	concussion	01/23/2011

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Shawn Horcoff	groin	02/27/2011

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Ryan Whitney	ankle	12/29/2010
Nikolai Khabibulin	eye	02/23/2011
Taylor Chorney	knee	02/23/2011
Gilbert Brule	ankle	01/07/2011

Notes:

- This is the first and only meeting of the season between the Bruins and Oilers.

- The Oilers have won 4 of their last 6 games, but are coming off of a 5-0 shutout loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.

- The Bruins will not hold a morning skate today, so will have to wait until game time to find out tonight's starter and line combos.

- Some, including the Edmonton Sun are billing this game as "Taylor versus Tyler".

- There is no word on the severity of Andrew Ference's lower body injury, which forced the blue liner to leave Saturday night's 3-1 win over Vancouver.

- Edmonton is 29th in the league in goals against per game (3.24) and 27th in goals for per game (2.50).

- Edmonton has the league's worst special teams play. They are last in both the power play (13.0%) and penalty kill (75.6%).

- Edmonton has also struggled in the face-off circle this year. The Oilers have won just 44.4% of draws (29th in NHL).

- Tonight's games gets underway shortly after 8:00 PM ET (NESN, 98.5 FM The Sports Hub).

- The Public Skate Open Thread starts at 7:30 PM ET.

- The Copper & Blue is your source for info on the Edmonton Oilers.

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Great Trip

Great road trip so far but this is one of those games the B’s typically have trouble with. Should be Tuukka time tonight. Nice to see Timmy back to form with a little rest. Let’s face it, he’s not Marty Brodeur (who averaged about 70 games per year at one point) and when he plays too much he becomes very average very quickly. He needs this type of rest down the stretch and i look for Tuukka and the Tank to split about 50/50 to keep Timmy rested for the playoffs.

Seguin pots one tonight.

by Higgs on Feb 27, 2011 1:47 PM EST reply actions